May 23, 2023:

"Did you bring the snacks?" Roxanne asked me, as I walked into our dormitory.

"I said I would, didn't I?" I replied, pulling out everything I had raided from the kitchens that night for Roxanne and I's "Girl's Night."

Between our two boyfriends, both of us having school, and me having Quidditch, we have barely had the chance to talk to each other lately. I still did Thursday nights with my boys, much to Bradley's dismay, but Roxanne wasn't really invited. Of course we see each other in the dormitory we share each night, but we are usually so exhausted by that time that we just sleep. So when she started to give me the "latest update" about some Gryffindor fifth year she has apparently been having a feud with for a couple of weeks with, and I didn't even know she was in a feud, we both knew we needed a night for just us.

We have been planning this night for about two weeks now. Neither of us had ever really had a real sleepover before, so we decided to make a whole entire night of cheesy girly things. I was in charge of bringing every single snack known to man, which wasn't that hard, considering the house elves in the kitchens are very accommodating. Roxanne said she would be in charge of everything else.

I took one glance at our room, and my mouth dropped. It was completely transformed into a girl's paradise. Roxanne had somehow managed to move both our bed to the side, and made a giant nest in the middle. There was nail polish in every shade of the rainbow and then some. She had every single magazine any girl could want, including some Muggle ones. The room also smelled like flowers.

"Do you think it's enough? I really wasn't sure what I was supposed to do, so I just kind of winged it," she then said, looking at her handiwork.

I would never think of doing any of this right off the top of my head. Sometimes I believe that there was some girl switch within me that never got turned on, or I was sick and missed the lesson on how to be a girl. I would never have the instinct to do something this extensive or amazing.

"You don't like it," Roxanne said when I didn't reply. He face fell.

I spun and looked at her. "It's amazing!" I exclaimed. "I am so excited; you won't be able to even begin to comprehend!"

She instantly brightened again. "I am glad you like it."

We both got comfortable in the nest that she made. We gave each other pedicure, while she explained to me her problem with the fifth year.

"Well," she said, dramatically. "She has been spreading rumors about me for weeks now. I know it's her too, because she caught Michael and me in the prefects' bathroom, and then the next day there were a billion rumors of us having a nice shag in the bathroom. I promise you that's not what happened at all."

"Oh, I heard some of those!" I then said, laughing. "I scolded Michael for letting you into the prefects' bathroom. That bathroom isn't really supposed to be used by people other than prefects."

"Oh, don't act all high and mighty," she then said, shoving me lightly.

I laughed and replied, "Hey, it isn't my fault that I am just better than you at everything."

She rolled her eyes, and I laughed some more. Then her brow furrowed and she became very serious. "So you didn't believe them, right?" she then said. "Like you didn't feel the need to ask Michael or anything, right?"

As much as Roxanne acts like what other people say about her doesn't bother her, she does worry a lot about her reputation. She may be a bit of a slut, but she doesn't want people to think that she is so tacky that she would sleep with her boyfriend on the floor of a bathroom.

"Of course I didn't believe any of them! Also from what the other girls were saying, it seemed like they didn't really believe them either. Most of them were just wondering who started the rumor," I reassured her.

"Okay, good."

"Roxanne, do you think you will ever sleep with Michael?" I then said, out of the blue.

She looked down at her freshly painted, blue toenails, and didn't answer me for a second. She started to add another coat as she said, "Honestly, no."

I was actually a bit surprised by this. For some reason I thought she was going to say yes. They seemed pretty legitimate to me. Of course I had my doubts about her before, but my views have changed. She has been with Michael longer than any of her other boyfriends. Michael is good for her. He is so down to earth that he keeps her grounded also.

"Why not? You both seem very happy together," I replied.

She sighed and smiled slightly, before saying, "Yeah, I am happy with Michael. He is sweet, and perfect, and way better than other the other arses that I have dated."

"Then how do you know already that you aren't going to sleep with him?" I asked, confused.

"Do you believe in true love, Rose?" she then asked.

I thought about it for a moment. Did I believe in true love? "Sometimes I do," I finally said, thinking about Theo. "But then again. Sometimes I don't."

"Well, I do. While Michael is sweet and perfect, I know he isn't the one I am supposed to live happily ever after with. I don't want to hurt him or hurt myself by having sex with him, while knowing that we aren't going to last," Roxanne then said, while screwing the top of the nail polish back on.

"Then why are you even still dating him? Why don't you just break up with him?"

She grinned at me and said, "Even though I know all what I said is true, Michael is still really sweet, perfect, and makes me feel special. You don't find a lot of those kinds of guys, especially not at this age. So, for now, I am going to keep him for as long as I can."

"Oh wow, Roxanne," I then said. "I didn't know you were such a romantic."

"Well with so much of me being such a sex kitten, people tend to overlook the gooey part of me," she said with a wink.

"Rawr," I said, clawing at her and laughing at the same time.

"Exactly. Now how about you? Do you think you will go all the way with Bradley?" she said, making a face at his name.

"Why does nobody like him!" I then exclaimed. "It seems like even Albus doesn't like him, and he is Albus' friend!"

"Because he is a real prat and a bad kisser," Roxanne replied.

"You kissed him!" I said turning towards her.

She turned dark red before saying, "Yeah, once during our fourth year. I thought you knew. Now stop changing the subject and answer my question!"

I thought about it for a moment before saying, "Yeah, I think I will one day."

"Seriously!" Roxanne said, sitting up a bit straighter.

"I think so," I said. After she gave me an incredulous look, I added, "No I am being serious here. Even though everybody keeps on telling me that he is a real git, I don't actually believe any of them. He is really sweet to me and a good boyfriend. I haven't felt this way about anyone since Theo left."

"Rose, you barely dated one guy in between Theo and Bradley," she then pointed out.

"I know, but I really do like Bradley. It won't be anytime soon either, but I could see it happening sometime in the future," I said.

"Okay, but please promise me that you will talk to me before you do anything with him," Roxanne then said.

I didn't know what she wanted to talk to me about, and I didn't ask. Something in her eyes made me believe that she wasn't going to tell me before then. So I just agreed.

The rest of the night was much lighter. We ate, talked, and laughed. We listened to music and rated the boys in the magazines she provided. Then we went to sleep, curled up next to each other. It was what I called a successful night.